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vossy got a reaction from GuntherMT in Poorly designed ship model kits or those that are plain made-up (edited by admin)
hi mark,
totally 100% with your last statement; "just make sure you have fun" metal lifeboats still suck though!!
cheers chris
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vossy got a reaction from GuntherMT in Poorly designed ship model kits or those that are plain made-up (edited by admin)
i reckon half the fun and the challenge is to research, learn and bash as you go. i have bought five kits - billings oseberg (in hibernation), amati santa maria (completed), mamoli golden hind (about to step the masts), amati bounty (just begun), corel victory (first planking nearly complete). all these vessels were actual boats in their day and i'm pretty happy with what i will be building (apart from the insistence of these manufacturers to include metal lifeboats on vessels built in the 15th century etc). at the end of the day who cares if 'your' model was a real ship or not? i bet most of your family and friends who admire and stare enviously at your finished ship wouldn't know endeavour from bounty, cutty sark from thermopylae etc. i say more effort on the manufactures part should go into the supply of more authentic materials to build such things as boats, gun carriages, incidental deck furniture etc and let the builder recreate it as best he/she can. i say we start up a movement to abolish fake metal lifeboats. my hero columbus would turn in his grave!
cheers chris
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vossy got a reaction from mtaylor in to treenail or not to treenail?
that is the question? given they don't really stand out too much on the real article i'm
wondering why i should bother? i know it seems most "hot" builds here go with the
pronounced deck treenail configuration but in reality they are almost invisible. so: to treenail
or not to treenail? that is the question.
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vossy got a reaction from Jack12477 in to treenail or not to treenail?
that is the question? given they don't really stand out too much on the real article i'm
wondering why i should bother? i know it seems most "hot" builds here go with the
pronounced deck treenail configuration but in reality they are almost invisible. so: to treenail
or not to treenail? that is the question.
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vossy got a reaction from CaptainSteve in to treenail or not to treenail?
that is the question? given they don't really stand out too much on the real article i'm
wondering why i should bother? i know it seems most "hot" builds here go with the
pronounced deck treenail configuration but in reality they are almost invisible. so: to treenail
or not to treenail? that is the question.
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vossy got a reaction from Brian the extraordinaire in to treenail or not to treenail?
ok sorry. was just blown away by the size of the box. and yes i now know your bismark is a wooden kit (envious).
you are doing a superb job on her. congratulations. funny how a ship our nation so reviled when she was afloat
has now become one of the most admired ships in modern history!
cheers chris
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